intercessãovsinteressarConfusable pair

Quick tell: intercessão is a noun, interessar is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“intercessão” is a noun and “interessar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,469
“intercessão” frequency rank
#9,872
“interessar” frequency rank
43341
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature intercessão interessar
Definition ato ou efeito de interceder dar interesse a

Letter map: intercessão vs interessar

Shared letters muted; letters that set intercessão and interessar apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. intercessão runs 11 letters (VCCVCCVCCVV) against interessar's 10 (VCCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
intercessão
10 ch
interessar

Grammar separator: intercessão vs interessar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: intercessão is anoun and interessaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43341, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

intercessão is recorded at frequency rank #33,469, classified as anoun. interessar is at rank #9,872, tagged as averb.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 43341, this pair ranks #22,302 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of intercessão vs interessar

Shared letters: einrst. Private to "intercessão": coã. Private to "interessar": a.

"intercessão" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVV  ·  "interessar" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • interessar ← inetressar · innteressar · inteerssar · interesar · interesasr · interessarr · interessra · interressar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "intercessão" and "interessar" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "intercessão" is a noun and "interessar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "intercessão" vs "interessar" - which ranks higher?
"interessar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,872 in our Portuguese list, against #33,469 for "intercessão". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "intercessão" and "interessar".

  • Full dictionary entry for "intercessão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "interessar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #22,302 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "intercessão" and "interessar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ingressar vs interessar". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #22,302 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list